Dear Customers, The first full week of June is when many families with school-aged children leave for vacation.  It’s almost as if they can’t wait another day because the chalk dust from the blackboards hasn’t even settled yet, and for some that’s completely understandable.  The pressures and problems of the past year make a break…

Dear Customers, Every year when June rolls around I’m physically struck by just how beautiful this area we call home can become.  The word, “lush” pops up every time I try to describe the Pennsylvania Wilds to a relative or friend who doesn’t live around here.  We are truly blessed, particularly this time of year. …

Dear Customers, Calendars are a helpful and necessary invention.  Without them, I’d forget appointments, birthdays and assorted celebrations!  They are based upon astronomical cycles according to fixed rules.  For instance, the first day of Winter is on or about December 21st.  Where we live, we’ve had plenty of cold weather and even some snow by…

Dear Customers, The middle of May is one of my favorite times of the year.  The leaves on our huge maple tree are slowly unfurling, providing shade where there hasn’t been any for the past seven months.  Blossoms on the fruit trees my dad planted are opening up to the sunshine and the ministrations of…

Dear Customers, If you are a carnivore, like me, meat is an important and well-loved part of your diet.  There are many, many methods for cooking meat and all of them have their advantages and disadvantages. Among these are steaming, boiling, slow-cooking, stir frying, sauteing, poaching, roasting, broiling, pressure cooking, deep frying and my personal…

Dear Customers, It’s not a contest by any means because I can find something to love about each of the 12 months of the year, but May & June have got to be right up there at the top of the list.  The maple trees are leafing out, the temperatures become more moderate and all…

Dear Customers, As I wrote this, almost a month before it appears in our ad, there are piles of snow, particularly in the woods behind the high school which faces North.  By the time you read this, I fully expect to be mowing the lawn.  Its just one of those things, as you get older,…

Dear Customers, Three years ago, when we were first becoming familiar with the words “pandemic” and “Covid”, the prevailing expert opinion was that if everybody just stayed home from school and work, it would run its course in two or three weeks, tops!   As days and weeks turned into months and ultimately years, we began…

Dear Customers, A little over a month ago, back on the evening of March 6th and into the morning of the 7th, a heavy, wet snow fell across much of our area.  At approximately 9:30pm, Monday night, our power flickered and then went out!  While that’s a regular occurrence during the course of most years,…

Dear Customers, As a young boy and even into the early stages of adulthood, if pressed I would readily admit that my favorite holiday of the year was Christmas – followed at some distance by Thanksgiving!  Most kids would probably respond the same way.  After all there are decorations, toothsome delicacies, festive songs and most…